Friday, August 1, 2025

Team Winchester and Team White Flyer Lock Up Wins at 2025 World FITASC Championship

Team Winchester and Team White Flyer locked up more wins on the world sporting clays stage at the 47th FITASC World Sporting Clays Championship, July 24-27, in Kornos, Cyprus.

Top Team Winchester finishes include:

  • Connor Daniel – FITASC World Junior Champion
  • Mike Wilgus – FITASC World Senior Champion
  • Joe Fanizzi – 4th in the FITASC World Open

“Congratulations to Connor Daniel on his second world champion title in two weeks and Mike Wilgus on his FITASC World Championship title,” said Jason Gilbertson, Senior Marketing Director for Winchester Ammunition. “The sporting clays schedule is grueling as you can see with two major World Championships only five days apart, yet our Team Winchester and Team White Flyer athletes show up and display the elite technique and focus they have worked to achieve. In the month of July, Team Winchester has racked up three world champion titles and two runner-up titles at the most elite sporting clays championship events in the world.”

Team Winchester and Team White Flyer members Theo Ribbs and Anthony Matarese Jr. also helped USA Sporting Clays Team secure a silver medal. Winchester Ammunition continues as the sponsor of the USA Sporting Clays Team.

Often regarded as one of the more technically demanding forms of sporting clays, FITASC demands accuracy, target reading skills, and stage management. In FITASC, competitors shoot 200 targets across 8 parcours that include multiple shooting positions that offer unique challenges such as terrain, target types, as well as presentation angles and distances.

The Winchester AA® Lite-Handicap 1 oz shotshell is a popular choice among international sporting clays competitors and was used by World Champions Connor Daniel and Mike Wilgus at the 2025 FITASC World Sporting Clays Championship.

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